03 March 2010

Banana Cream Cake

This year instead of his usual *Black Forest Cake*, Vince requested something different. Apparently it's the year of *different*. Different hair-do (click here to watch video), different birthday dinner, different cake... Anyway, I was happy to oblige. I quickly called my mom to get her advice since I'd never made a Banana Cream Cake. She, however, made them for me often as a child on my birthdays. Banana Cream and Cherry Chip were my faves, as I recall. So even though she didn't have a recipe for me, she gave me the basic concept and I ran with it. Here's what I came up with:

Yellow Butter Cake(Martha Stewart's Baking Book)2 sticks butter, softened to room temp1-3/4 cups sugar4 large eggs2 tsp. vanilla1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour1-1/2 cups cake flour1 Tbls. baking powder1/2 tsp. salt1-1/4 cups milk*****With an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then beat in vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk. Beat until well combined. Divide batter between two 9" (greased and floured) round cake pans. Smooth the batter in the pans. Bake at 350F for 30-35 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean. Invert the cakes onto a cooling rack. For this cake, I let them cool for a little while then I cut the layers in half horizontally, making 4 layers. I let them cool completely before putting the cake together.

To assemble a Banana Cream Cake:1. Place one layer onto your cake plate/stand.2. Spread cake with 1/3 of the whipped cream and layer 1 sliced banana over the cream.3. Repeat this two more times.4. Put last layer of cake on top and frost entire cake with cream cheese frosting.5. DIG IN & ENJOY!!

8 comments:

Mmm, bananna cake! I like how your photo is "real" - it reminds me of real life. Real cream smeared. Real cake enjoyed. Not something polished and shined up for a photograph. Those polished up pics are fine and dandy but your pic reminds me of HOME. ♥ Cute candles too! :-)

Thanks, Lara! That's a great compliment! We're pretty real around here:) Frankly, I was just grateful that I got a pic w/out it falling over~it was the tallest cake I've ever made and pretty heavy w/all the filling...lol

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